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Central
Michigan
MONDAY
October 8, 1990
VOLUME 73, NUMBER 18
<& 1990 CM LIFE
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN 48859
(517) 774-3493
Painting it black
Blanchard, Engler try hard
each other, shed little light
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by KAREN EMERSON
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ACME  —  Anyone who
watched the first gubernatorial
debate Saturday night
\\ it nessed I wo candidates paint
1 wo pictures of tin- sanu1 state.
And tin- candidates didn't
M'l'in to care which way they
threw the paint — as long as it
darkened the iniafji' ol the
other
"I don't think they said
much,' said .John Dinse.
associate professor of political
science
Dinse said the dehate,
televised throughout Michigan
from the Grand Traverse
Resort near Traverse City, gave
Sen Majority Leader John
Kngler and Gov .James .J.
Blanchard a chance to air some
of their "pre-planned"
campaign speeches.
There was no clear-cut
winner from the dehate, Dinse
said, adding Engler probably
did slightly hetter than
Hlanchard.
Although newspapers and
political    analysts    touted    the
to besmudge
on the issues
dehate as the one to watch in
the campaign for governor.
Dinse said neither candidate
really addressed the issues
very well.
Although Engler. Mount
Pleasant Republican. and
Blanchard. Southfield
Democrat, agreed on a few
issues, such as the need to keep
a nuclear waste site out of
Michigan, they disagreed on
most everything else.
They even        addressed
negative campaigning, each
saying   the   other   is   guilty   of
isi
trying to get down and dirty.
"Hlanchard has had the most
negative campaigning in the
history (of Michigan)," Engler
said.
Hlanchard said he keeps
busy with state business and
does not have a lot ol" time to
concentrate on watching
Engler's ads.
"I don't necessarily like
them," Blanchard said. "But
then    again.    I'm     not     home
watching them."
While Engler called for
changes. Blanchard continued
his theme of continuing
progress.
"I believe Michigan needs
change.*' Engler said. "The
governor has had eight years to
do his job and he hasn't done it
good enough."
Engler cited several
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LIFE Photo Dave Whitney
Duck Soup
(ABOVE) Theta Chis dump plastic ducks into the
Chippewa River, Saturday, to kick off the duck race at
Island Park. (RIGHT) Don Kowitz. Birmingham senior,
left, and Theta Chi president Craig DeRoche, Wixom
junior, right, keep the ducks on track as they paddle
in the pace canoe.
LIFE Photo Dave Whitoev
Students can register — with correct class info
by BRIAN D. BELL
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Despite tears it would have to he delayed, advanced
registration will begin today - - right on schedule.
.Students can pick up registration materials in the
I'niversity Center Bookstore starting this morning.
As of Friday afternoon, work on a supplement to the
spring course offering guide was Hearing completion to go
to press. Registrar Ron Finch said
Finch said in an earlier interview that the University
would delay advanced registration if the supplement was
not ready for distribution today.
Advanced registration in Finch Kieldhouse is scheduled
to begin at 1 p. m. today and continue through Friday,
Finch said.
Students need to pick up a course offering guide, course
offering guide supplement and a course request form in
the bookstore, he said.
The supplement is necessary to correct inaccurate
information contained in the course guide. Finch said in
an earlier interview.
During "work to rule." academic departments withheld
spring course change information, he said. Those
departments will have fall course offerings listed in the
guide.
As a result, the guide includes some classes that are not
offered  next semester  and lacks others  that  are.
The almost 20-page supplement has three sections
containing course information alphabetized by department, he said.
The first section lists course additions, the second lists
deletions and the third has general changes, Finch said.
General changes could include (hanging an evening
class to a different time, he said.
If a course is not listed in the guide, he said students
should check the supplement to see if it was added.
Before including a course listed in the guide on the
request form, students also should check the supplement's second section to see if it was deleted, he said.
If the course is offered, students should then verify
there are no further changes by checking the third
section. Finch said.
Students need to use the supplement because if they
request classes listed in the guide that are not offered
next semester, they will not receive those classes.
Teaching workshop will focus on curriculum, job market
by JENNIFER J. JENSEN
I III    St.iff Writer
Many classifieds have dictated that school systems
desperately need teachers —- for special education,
English, math, chemistry, biology and physics.
After reading those help-wanted ads, some potential
teachers may wonder if they can find a job if they are not
interested in majoring in any of those fields.
Hut a future teacher majoring in any field can find a job,
said Patrick Coakley, associate director ofthe Placement
and Career Information Center.
It helps, though, if students combine a major and minor
that   together   make  them   marketable   for  hiring,   said
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Coakley, who helps students find teaching jobs.
The Placement (.'enter will present a seminar called
"Academic Planning For A Teaching Career" Wednesday
at 4:;'0 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Auditorium.
The seminar is free and students do not need to
pre-register.
The seminar is for freshman, sophomores and any other
students entering the teaching profession who are
undecided about what major and minor to select, Coakley
said.
Coakley or Mike Carey, director of the Placement
Center, will talk about the selection of a major and minor
for future teachers and the most promising combination
for the best hiring results, Coakley said.
They also will discuss the job market in teaching, he
said.
While students often believe their majors are the most
important criteria, Coakley said sometimes the minor is
equally important.
Students should put the same amount of thought in
their minor selection, he said.
Students should major in their "first love," he said, even
if that field is not very marketable. In those cases, it is
very important that the student's minor is marketable, he
added.
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16 PAGrS
Needed
direction
New program may
straighten curves
on educational path
by CHAD BUSH
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Students who feel lost in a
labyrinth of University huieauc-
racy may soon have a helping
hand.
The Academic Set vices
Committee, a branch ol l'i evident Kdward B. Jakubauskas'
Kn rollment Management
Committee, will try to ease the
confusion by developing a
proposal for a new academic
advising program, said Don
Bertsch. chair the Academic
Services Committee.
"Academic   advising   at    CMC
has never been cool dinated." he-
said. "But  we want to hi ing the
pieces    together    into   a    moidi
nated system."
lie said there ate several
possible systems of academic
advising. The committee is
seeking student input to tell
which is best, he said.
"If you're going to enhance a
service for students, you'ie going
to want student input about
what to do," he said.
The committee gave suivcjs to
a 5 percent, random sample of all
undergraduate students except
new freshmen and new transler
students, who will be sin vexed
separately, he said.
Bertsch said <"-l.r> surveys went
out Sept. 20. and 207 or :t"2
percent had been relumed as of
Thursday.
Bertsch said he hopes the
remaining surveys will come in
soon.
The committee will consider
results ol" the student survey,
along with results of a facility
survey conducted last spring, in
its plans, he said.
"line thing we hope lo achieve
is fiir each student to be assigned
Sim: ADVISE I'-.<)" ?
Police still
searching for
escapee from
county jail
An inmate at the Isabella
County Jail walked away from
the building Friday and police
continue to search for  him.
Douglas Ralph ("alien, a
29-year-old while male from
Plymouth, was a tiustce — or
inmate with special privileges —
at the jail since Sept. .'lo, an
Isabella County Sheriffs Department press release slated.
(larren was assisting with jail
cleanup when he was released to
dump garbage Friday alter noun
and failed to return to the jail at
207 Court.
Police first noticed his disappearance later Friday evening.
(iarren was sentenced Sept. 18
to serve 7.") days in jail on
misdemeanor charges of fraud,
the report stated.
Clarren is described as (> feet 1 1
inches tall and weighing 175
pounds. He has brown hair,
brown eyes and a mustache. Me
is believed to be wearing gray
pants and a blue striped Oxford
shirt, the report staled, lie is not
considered dangerous, a sheiiITu
spokeswoman said.
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